Awareness about common diseases in selected female college students of Karachi

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 195-198

  Khan, Sabeena Jalal ^a   Anjum, Qudsia ^b   Khan, Najib Ullah ^b   Nabi, Faiza Ghulam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^b ZIAUDDIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AWARENESS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BREAST FEEDING; COLLEGE STUDENT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NEEDLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SNEEZING; TELEVISION; TUBERCULOSIS; TYPHOID FEVER; WATER CONTAMINATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEPATITIS C; PAKISTAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; TUBERCULOSIS; TYPHOID FEVER; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 22344439297     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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